Decorating device.



N 0 ,439. PATBNTED DEC. 25 1905.

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APPLICATION FILED BBQ 13. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 26, 1905.

g ii mi fil d December 13 1904. Serial No. 238,740.

To all! whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1. WILLIAM H. DEIDRIGK,

a citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at East Liverpool, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decorating Devices,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements indecorating devices, and has for its primary object to provide adecorating device that may be used upon chinaware when the same is in agreen state. It is a well-known fact that when the were has been formedbefore it is burned the ware is in a very frail state, and the presentdevice is so constructed that the elasticity of the printing-roller willpermit the same to impress the pattern upon the ware without liabilityof breaking the' same.

The present invention is particularly applicable to the decoration ofgreen ware, bisqueware, glazed ware, china, earthenware, glassware, orany frail object of any form whatsoever, means being provided toaccurately -provision of a device of the above-described character thatwill be self-inking and possess other advantages in providing means ofremoving the printing-roller and replacing it with another containing adifi'erent pattern.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a devicethat will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable,comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and one that may be easii yand quickly operated.

With the above and many other objects in view the present inventionconsists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and specificallypointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail referones will now be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, wherein likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figurcl isa top plan view of my improveddecorating device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detaii plan view ofthe guide, and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the body portion 1 of the device carries integraltherewith a handle 2. Said body portion carries a stationary hearing 3and a movable bearing 4, which is hinged. at 5 to the body portion nearthe handle. A roller 6, carryingashaft'i, is revolubly mounted in theforward end of the bearings 3 and 4. said roller being provided with asoft sponge rubber body 8, which is cylindrical in form this sponge-wbbcr having an exterior coating of vulcanized rubber 9, carrying thepattern This exterior strip of rubber 9 is suitably so; cured to thesponge-rubber by means of rub ber cement or other adhesive material anmay be removed therefrom for the purpose of applying another strip ofrubber carrying a difierent pattern or replacing the same when worn.

Upon the shaft 7 and to the side of the roller 6 is mounted a guide 10.which preferably consists of a flat disk slightly larger than thediameter of the printing-roller, said disk having formed therein acentral aperture 11, through which the shaft 7 extends, said disk beingdesigned to engage the edge of the plate, cup, saucer, or piece of wereto perfectly guide the printing-roller and prevent the la eraldisplacement of the same.

The inking-roller 12 has formed therein a ink-reservoir 14, the walis ofsaid reservoir having formed therein a number of perforations 15to-permit the ink to flow therethrough and uniformly feed the ribbon,felt, or other material 16, surrounding the inking-roller. This roller12 hasv formed at its edges outwardly-extending annular flanges 17,which serve to retain the ribbon in place and also embrace the sides ofthe pattern arranged upon the printing-roller. This inkingroller alsocarries ashait 18, the shaft 18 extending through the rigid bearing3.Upon the opposite side of the inking-roller is arranged a hoilow shaft19, which communicates with the ink-reservoir 14, said hollow shaftextending through the movable bearing 4 and is also provided with awasher 20. The end of the hollow shaft 19 has secured therein a screwplug 2i, which may be easily opened ano closed for the purpose offeeding ink to the reservoir. The shafts 18 and 19 are slidably securedin slots 22, formed in the bearings 3 and 4;, the samebeingspring-pressed by springs 23 operating against blocks 24. A thumbofa handle havinga bifurcated end, one mem- :ber of said end being hingedto the handle,

screw 25 is provided for rigidly securing the movable bearing 4- inposition, said thumbscrew extending through the movable bearing 4 intothe body portion 1 of the device.

The operation of my improved device is as follows: By permitting theprintingroller to lightly touch the material as the same passes over thearticle the pattern will be impressed thereon, the sponge-rnbber formingthe body portion of the roller taking up the slightest excess ofpressure, thereby preventing the article when in a frail state frombecoming broken. If it be desired to remove the printing-roller, thethumb-screw 25 is removed, which will permit the movable bearing afterthe plug 21 has been removed to be taken from the sides of the roller,and when in this position another roller may be substituted.

The many advantages presented by my improved decorating device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may )e made in the details ofconstruction without leparting from the general spirit and scope f theinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. A decorating device comprising suitable bearings, a sponge-rubberroller having a detachable covering of harder rubber carrying designs orconfigurations revolubly mounted in said bearings.

2. In a decorating device, the combination of suitable bearings, aprinting-roller formed of sponge-rubber and having a removableprinting-surface of harder rubber, and means ;for inking said roller.

3. In a decorating device, the combination means for securing saidmember in position,

an inking-roller and a printing-roller both mounted between andjournaled in said members.

4. In a decorating device the combination with a handle, of aprinting-roller mounted in said handle, and a hollow inking-rollermounted in the handle, said inking-roller being formed with a pluralityof perforations in its rim a hollow shaft communicating with theinterior of the roller and a plug fitting in said shaft.

5. In a decorating device, the combination of a stationary and a movablebearing, a handle connected to said bearings, an elasticprinting-roller, a disk mounted on a common shaft with saidprinting-roller, an inkingroller having formed therein an ink-reservoir,a spring-pressed bearing connected to said inking-roller, all partsbeing arranged substantially as described.

6. In a decorating device, the combination of a rigid bearing and amovable bearing, means to secure said movable bearing in a rigidposition, a handle connecting said bearings, said movable bearing beinghinged to said handle an elastic printing-wheel journaled in saidbearings, and a suitable inking-roller operating against saidprinting-wheel, and journaled in said bearings, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a decorating device, the combination with suitable bearings, and ashaft mounted in said bearings, of a printing-roller carried by saidshaft,said printing-roller being formed of soft rubber and having aremovable printing-surface of harder rubber.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. DEIDRIOK.

Witnesses:

E. E. Po'rrnn, K. H. BUTLER.

